COMPOSER

Ferdinand Hérold

1791 - 1833

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Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (28 January 1791 – 19 January 1833), better known as Ferdinand Hérold (pronounced [fɛʁdinɑ̃ eʁɔld]), was a French composer. He was celebrated in his lifetime for his operas, of which he composed more than twenty, but he also wrote ballet music, works for piano and choral pieces. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Hérold has received more than 92,810 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Hérold is the 651st most popular composer (down from 500th in 2019), the 2,701st most popular biography from France (down from 2,043rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular French Composer.

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  • 54.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 651 out of 1,451. Before him are Karl Michael Ziehrer, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Aristides Quintilianus, Orazio Vecchi, Francesco Provenzale, and Boris Blacher. After him are Alexander Gretchaninov, Charles Lecocq, Sergei Bortkiewicz, Heinz Holliger, Péter Eötvös, and Sun Ra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 23. Before him are Minh Mạng, Félix Savart, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Friedrich Parrot, Anne Lister, and Friedrich von Gärtner. After him are Sergey Aksakov, Henryk Dembiński, Jan Václav Voříšek, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Louis Visconti, and Theodor Körner. Among people deceased in 1833, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 23. Before him are Adamantios Korais, Edmund Kean, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, René Louiche Desfontaines, Rahel Varnhagen, and Antoni Radziwiłł. After him are Nannette Streicher, Fausto Elhuyar, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Banastre Tarleton, and Ivan Martinov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 2,701 out of 6,770. Before him are Louise Colet (1810), Emmeram of Regensburg (600), Roger Chartier (1945), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), Émile Cohl (1857), and Gabriel Voisin (1880). After him are Charles Lecocq (1832), Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913), Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700), and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Ferdinand Hérold ranks 92. Before him are François Devienne (1759), Jehan Alain (1911), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Claude Goudimel (1514), Jean Françaix (1912), and Jean-François Dandrieu (1682). After him are Charles Lecocq (1832), Antoine François Marmontel (1816), Antoine Forqueray (1671), Louise Farrenc (1804), Edmond Audran (1840), and Antoine Brumel (1460).

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